Lilac flowers bloom delicately, and their fragrance is refreshing, so they are loved by many people. Lilac is the flower of love and also the flower of heaven. As our traditional flower arrangement, many literati use lilac to express their longing for their beloved. Later it became a symbol of sorrow and longing. For such a lovely and lovable flower, what are the lilac flowers’ language and legends? Do you know anything about it?
What are the flower languages ????and legends of lilacs
1. The flower language of lilacs
Lilac has the title of the flower of heaven, perhaps because of its noble smell. It has been cherished ever since. Very smart, but likes to take shortcuts. On the road to pursuing ideals, sometimes the original purpose is forgotten. In the Tang Dynasty, Li Shangyin wrote a poem: "The plantains do not show the lilac knot, and they are sad in the spring breeze. He uses the unexpanded plantain and lilac knots to express his longing for his beloved. Later, many people used the lilac knot as a symbol of sorrow and longing. As a Chinese Traditional flower arrangement also symbolizes love and the hope of a secret knot.
2. The legend of lilac -_cold wine
It is said that in ancient times, a scholar went to Beijing to take an exam and it was getting late. , stayed at a roadside shop. The shopkeeper and his daughter were very friendly and the scholar was very grateful and stayed for two more days. The shopkeeper's daughter fell in love with the scholar. They fell in love with each other and vowed to worship each other under the moon. They fell in love with each other. The two men met each other under the moon, and the scholar wrote the first couplet: "Cold wine, one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock." " Before the girl could say the second line of the couplet, the shop owner suddenly came and was very angry. He scolded his daughter for ruining the family tradition and refused to agree to the marriage. The girl had a strong temper and died immediately. The shop owner regretted it and buried his daughter on the hillside behind him. The scholar was distraught and had no intention of seeking fame, so he stayed in the shop with his father-in-law, and the two lived in sorrow.
3. Lilac Legend - Lilac Fragrance
The girl's grave. Soon it was covered with lilac trees, and the fragrance was overflowing. The scholar was surprised. One day, when he saw an old man passing by, he asked the old man about his faithful love with the girl and the couplet written by the girl before her death. The lilacs blooming on the grave told the scholar, "Cold wine, one point, two points, three points; lilacs, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand." ""_Cold wine" in the first couplet, the radicals of the three characters are, in order, one point of water, two points of water, and three points of water. The "lilac flower" that the girl became has the three characters starting with the prefix "hundred" and the prefix "qian". , with the prefix "10,000". From then on, the scholar carried water to water the flowers every day, and the lilac flowers bloomed more luxuriantly and beautifully. Lilacs are regarded as the flowers of love, and this "marriage pair" is called "the pair of life and death", which is regarded as a quatrain and has been passed down to this day.